I Am Alive!!!

Okay so I decided that it just might be a good idea to post something and let everyone know I'M ALIVE. My Christmas was probably not like your Christmas seeing as how I was getting over the flu and my sister went into the hospital with pancreatitis, but we had Christmas nonetheless. My sister is now out of the hospital and we are, as everyone else, slowly moving into the new year. It's about to be over. I honestly feel like it was just last month that it turned 2014 and now here we are moving into 2015 but that is going to be another post. 

I have to say despite being sick I have enjoyed the gifts I received:

1. Soft robe
2. Amplified Bible
3. Praise and Worship Bible
4. Audio Bible Set
5. "Praying Through the Names of God" by Tony Evans
6. #hushrocks DVD series from the church (sermon series)
7. All my gifts from the sweet parents at the daycare:)
8. GIANT teddy bear from my boyfriend
9. Popcorn from his mom

And no, not necessarily in that order:) It has been a pretty good Christmas (I always love getting new bibles and devotionals) and the other stuff is cool too. Most of all I love the reason for Christmas. CHRIST came. I enjoying celebrating this wonderful fact by gathering with fellow believers to worship Him during the candlelight service, and by posting Christmas devotionals. We should never stop celebrating this but something seems special about the way we celebrate it during this holiday. 

I hope you have all enjoyed this Christmas as much (maybe more) that I have. I pray that the Lord will bless you all exceeding abundantly and if you would like please comment below and tell me about your Christmas. Love you all!!! =D

-Kelcy

The Flu and Christmas

That's right. I said it. The flu. I have been sick with the flu for three days now. I am tired, I am achy, I am dizzy, and this is NOT fun. I honestly think this is my first experience with the flu and quite frankly I would prefer that it be my last but something tells me, since I do work at a daycare, that's probably wishful thinking. I have had two kids go home in the last two weeks with high fevers of 102.9 and 103.3. Both were crying, really red faced, and shaking. I know how they feel because I think I have experienced their pain in the last three days. Friday I left work with a fever of 102.2. Crashed at a friends house because 1. The plan was for us to have a Christmas movie night and 2. There was no way I could drive home with how dizzy I was. Everyone at church knows that I must have been sick even if they weren't told simply because if you know me, you pretty much don't expect me to be out of church unless I am near death or in the hospital, in fact I would rather be in church anyway but even I felt bad enough that I decided (without being forced) to stay home from church). On a brighter note as we are about to be officially in the week of Christmas I feel decently better than yesterday with only a slight fever, dizziness, and I am very sleepy. 

Now some of you just looked at that last part about being sleepy and are saying to me (your computer screen really) "STOP BLOGGING AND GO TO BED, YOU'RE SICK!" I would probably agree with this accept I have slept away most of the day after watching the church live stream, and if I don't stay up for a few hours I will be up a half a dozen times tonight even with NyQuil, and if I am up a half a dozen times tonight I will be miserable tomorrow. Sadly, with all of this going on I have to call into work tomorrow, believe it or not, while many of you think that should be a good thing I am actually kind of sad about it. However, I would never wish the way I have felt on my worst enemy therefore I would rather say home and get better than pass it on to people I care about. 

Finally, the part of the post I was looking most forward too. As you go about your last minute plans to prepare for Christmas, be it groceries or gifts, stop and take a moment these next few days to be still before the Lord, quite your heart before Him, worship, and remember that the whole reason we celebrate Christmas is because CHRIST came to earth. May the Lord bless you all richly this CHRISTmas season! Love you all! 

In Christ,
Kelcy

P.S. Please keep my family and me in your prayers so that we who are sick may be healed and the one who isn't (mom) may remain completely healthy! In Jesus' name!